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LEGAL RESOURCES

  Library || Federal || Illinois || Chicago || County || Other

Library Organization Advocacy Websites

American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Washington Affairs Office: http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/aallwash/

American Library Association (ALA) Washington Office: http://www.ala.org/washoff/

CapWiz - a joint project of Illinois Library Association (ILA), Illinois School Library Media Association (ISLMA), Special Library Association (SLA), and the Illinois Library Computer Systems Organization (ILCSO) with assistance from the Illinois State Library and the Illinois Library System Directors Organization (ILSDO): http://capwiz.com/ila/officials/state/?state=IL

Illinois Library Association (ILA): http://www.ila.org/index.shtml

    ILA Advocacy page: http://www.ila.org/advocacy/index.htm

Special Libraries Association (SLA) Advocacy: http://www.sla.org/content/memberservice/communication/index.cfm

Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Federal Relations E-News: http://www.arl.org/info/frn/frnmon.html

Medical Library Association (MLA) Governmental Relations and Policy: http://www.mlanet.org/government/index.html 

Institute of Museum and Library Services Legislative Update:  http://www.imls.gov/whatsnew/new_leg.htm

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Federal Government Websites

THOMAS: http://thomas.loc.gov/

FirstGov (U.S. Government’s Official Web Portal): http://firstgov.gov/

U.S. House of Representatives: http://www.house.gov/

U.S. Senate: http://www.senate.gov/

Findlaw’s U.S. Code Search: http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/uscodes/index.html

Library of Congress (LOC): http://www.loc.gov/

Official US Executive Branch Web Sites (LOC): http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/fedgov.html

Government Printing Office: http://www.access.gpo.gov/

Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic-bld61/component/main

U.S. Courts Links: http://www.uscourts.gov/courtlinks/index.html

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Illinois Government Websites

State of Illinois Homepage: http://www.illinois.gov/

Illinois General Assembly: http://www.ilga.gov/

Illinois Supreme & Appellate Courts: http://www.state.il.us/court/default.htm

Illinois Index Department: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/home.html

Illinois Archives Department: http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/archives.html

Illinois Administrative Code Titles: http://www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar/admincode/titles.html

Illinois Register (Archived Issues): http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/home.html

Illinois Attorney General: http://www.ag.state.il.us/

IL Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission: http://www.iardc.org/

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City of Chicago Websites

City of Chicago Homepage: http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/home.do

Chicago Municipal Code (through Municode.com): http://library7.municode.com/gateway.dll/IL/illinois/7917?f=templates&fn=default.htm&npusername =13322&nppassword=MCC&npac_credentialspresent=true&vid=default

City of Chicago, Board of Ethics:
http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalEntityHomeAction.do?entityName=Ethics&entityNameEnumValue=14

Chicago City Council:
http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalProgramAction.do?programId=536879154&channelId=-36879035&topChannelName=Government

ChicagoInfo.gov: http://www.chicagoinfo.gov/

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Cook County Government Websites

Cook County Board of Commissioners: http://www.co.cook.il.us/secretary/HomePage_Links/board_of_commissioners_of_cook_c.htm

Cook County Information Center: http://www.co.cook.il.us/

Cook County Information via the National Association of Counties (NACO): http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/county.cfm&id=17031

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Other

Cornell Legal Information Institute: http://www.law.cornell.edu/

Fedlaw (Legal research for attorneys and lawyers): http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/default.htm

Findlaw: http://findlaw.com/

WWW Virtual Law Library: http://vlib.org/Law

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